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and selling functions FENC performed 

for selling to home-market customers 

did not vary by individual customers, 

we preliminarily determine that all of 

FENC’s home-market sales constitute a 

single level of trade. 

We found that the export-price level 

of trade was similar to the home-market 

level of trade in terms of selling 

activities. Specifically, the levels of 

expense were similar for the selling 

functions FENC provided in both 

markets. Accordingly, we considered 

the export-price level of trade to be 

similar to the home-market level of 

trade and not at a different stage of 

distribution than the home-market level 

of trade. Therefore, we matched exportprice sales to sales at the same level of 

trade in the home market and no levelof-trade adjustment under section 

773(a)(7)(A) of the Act is necessary. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine that a dumping 

margin of 2.92 percent exists for FENC 

for the period May 1, 2009, through 

April 30, 2010. 

Public Comment 

We will disclose the documents 

resulting from our analysis to parties in 

this review within five days of the date 

of publication of this notice. See 19 CFR 

351.224(b). Any interested party may 

request a hearing within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. See 19 CFR 351.310(c). If a 

hearing is requested, the Department 

will notify interested parties of the 

hearing schedule. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on the preliminary results of 

this review. Interested parties may 

submit case briefs within 30 days of the 

date of publication of this notice. 

Rebuttal briefs, which must be limited 

to issues raised in the case briefs, may 

be filed not later than 35 days after the 

date of publication of this notice. Parties 

who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs 

in this review are requested to submit 

with each argument (1) a statement of 

the issue and (2) a brief summary of the 

argument with an electronic version 

included. 

We intend to issue the final results of 

this review, including the results of our 

analysis of issues raised in any 

submitted written comments, within 

120 days after publication of this notice. 

Assessment Rates 

The Department shall determine, and 

CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on 

all appropriate entries. FENC reported 

the name of the importer of record and 

the entered value for all of its sales to 

the United States during the period of 

review. In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1), we have calculated an 

importer-specific assessment rate for the 

merchandise in question by aggregating 

the dumping margins we calculated for 

all U.S. sales to the importer and 

dividing this amount by the total 

entered value of those sales. 

The Department clarified its 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on 

May 6, 2003. This clarification will 

apply to entries of subject merchandise 

during the period of review produced by 

FENC for which it did not know its 

merchandise was destined for the 

United States. In such instances, we will 

instruct CBP to liquidate un-reviewed 

entries at the all-others rate if there is no 

rate for the intermediate company(ies) 

involved in the transaction. For a full 

discussion of this clarification, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of 

Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 

6, 2003). 

We intend to issue instructions to 

CBP 15 days after publication of the 

final results of this review. 

Cash-Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective upon publication of the 

notice of final results of administrative 

review for all shipments of PSF from 

Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication as provided by 

section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The 

cash-deposit rate for FENC will be the 

rate established in the final results of 

this administrative review; (2) for 

merchandise exported by manufacturers 

or exporters not covered in this review 

but covered in a prior segment of the 

proceeding, the cash-deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recent period; 

(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 

in this review, a prior review, or the 

original investigation but the 

manufacturer is, the cash-deposit rate 

will be the rate established for the most 

recent period for the manufacturer of 

the merchandise; (4) if neither the 

exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm 

covered in this review, the cash-deposit 

rate will be 7.31 percent, the all-others 

rate established in Notice of Amended 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value: Certain Polyester 

Staple Fiber From the Republic of Korea 

and Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain 

Polyester Staple Fiber From the 

Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 65 FR 

33807 (May 25, 2000). 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: April 14, 2011. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–909] 

Certain Steel Nails From the People’s 

Republic of China: Initiation and 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Changed Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 21, 2011. 

SUMMARY: On February 11, 2011, the 

Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) received a request on 

behalf of Mid Continent Nail 

Corporation (‘‘Petitioner’’) for a changed 

circumstances review and a request to 

revoke, in part, the antidumping duty 

order on certain steel nails from the 

People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) with 

respect to four types of steel nails. 

Petitioner’s request expressed lack of 

interest in antidumping duty relief from 

imports of these four specific types of 

steel nails. In addition to the four 

physical descriptions of steel nails, 

Petitioner requested three of the nails 

include the labels ‘‘roof’’ or ‘‘roofing’’ on 

the packaging. The Department is 

preliminarily not adopting Petitioner’s 

labeling request as an absolute 

requirement. However, we are 

preliminarily notifying the public of our 

intent to revoke, in part, the 

antidumping duty order as it relates to 

imports of four specific types of steel 

nails described below. The Department 

invites interested parties to comment on 

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1See Memorandum to the File, From Alexis 

Polovina, Case Analyst, Regarding Changed 

Circumstances Review (‘‘CCR’’) of Certain Steel 

Nails from the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’): 

Phone Call with Petitioner, dated March 4, 2011. 2See Memorandum to the File, Through Alex 

Villanueva, Program Manager, Office 9, Import 

Administration, From Timothy Lord, Analyst, 

Office 9, Import Administration, Regarding Certain 

Steel Nails from the People’s Republic of China: 

Meeting with Outside Party, dated March 9, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexis Polovina, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 9, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–3927. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 1, 2008, the Department 

published the antidumping duty order 

on certain steel nails from the PRC. See 

Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 

Certain Steel Nails From the People’s 

Republic of China, 73 FR 44961 (August 

1, 2008) (‘‘Order’’). On February 11, 

2011, Petitioner submitted a request for 

a changed circumstances review to 

revoke, in part, the antidumping duty 

order on certain steel nails from the PRC 

with respect to four specific types of 

steel nails. 

On February 22, 2011, the Department 

received comments on behalf of Itochu 

Building Products (‘‘IBP’’) supporting 

Petitioner’s request for partial 

revocation of the Order. IBP requested 

the Department select the date of the 

preliminary determination of the 

original investigation as the effective 

date of the revocation and also conduct 

an expedited review. On March 1, 2011, 

the Department received comments on 

behalf of National Nail Corp. (‘‘National 

Nail’’) supporting Petitioner’s request for 

partial revocation of the Order. National 

Nail also requested that the Department 

select the date of the preliminary 

determination of the original 

investigation as the effective date of 

revocation and conduct an expedited 

review. On March 4, 2011, Department 

officials spoke with counsel 

representing Petitioner to clarify an 

inconsistency regarding the effective 

dates identified in Petitioner’s request,1

and clarified that Petitioner intended for 

the effective date of the partial 

revocation to be January 23, 2008, the 

date of the preliminary determination of 

the investigation. On March 8, 2011, 

counsel representing IBP met with 

Department officials to discuss the 

effective date.2 On March 24, 2011, the 

Department received comments on 

behalf of United Sources Inc. (‘‘United 

Sources’’) supporting Petitioner’s 

request for partial revocation of the 

Order. United Sources also requested 

that the Department select the date of 

the preliminary determination of the 

investigation as the effective date of 

revocation and conduct an expedited 

review. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

proceeding includes certain steel nails 

having a shaft length up to 12 inches. 

Certain steel nails include, but are not 

limited to, nails made of round wire and 

nails that are cut. Certain steel nails may 

be of one piece construction or 

constructed of two or more pieces. 

Certain steel nails may be produced 

from any type of steel, and have a 

variety of finishes, heads, shanks, point 

types, shaft lengths and shaft diameters. 

Finishes include, but are not limited to, 

coating in vinyl, zinc (galvanized, 

whether by electroplating or hot dipping 

one or more times), phosphate cement, 

and paint. Head styles include, but are 

not limited to, flat, projection, cupped, 

oval, brad, headless, double, 

countersunk, and sinker. Shank styles 

include, but are not limited to, smooth, 

barbed, screw threaded, ring shank and 

fluted shank styles. Screw-threaded 

nails subject to this proceeding are 

driven using direct force and not by 

turning the fastener using a tool that 

engages with the head. Point styles 

include, but are not limited to, 

diamond, blunt, needle, chisel and no 

point. Finished nails may be sold in 

bulk, or they may be collated into strips 

or coils using materials such as plastic, 

paper, or wire. 

Certain steel nails subject to this 

proceeding are currently classified 

under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) 

subheadings 7317.00.55, 7317.00.65 and 

7317.00.75. Excluded from the scope of 

this proceeding are roofing nails of all 

lengths and diameter, whether collated 

or in bulk, and whether or not 

galvanized. Steel roofing nails are 

specifically enumerated and identified 

in ASTM Standard F 1667 (2005 

revision) as Type I, Style 20 nails. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

proceeding are corrugated nails. A 

corrugated nail is made of a small strip 

of corrugated steel with sharp points on 

one side. Also excluded from the scope 

of this proceeding are fasteners suitable 

for use in powder-actuated hand tools, 

not threaded and threaded, which are 

currently classified under HTSUS 

7317.00.20 and 7317.00.30. Also 

excluded from the scope of this 

proceeding are thumbtacks, which are 

currently classified under HTSUS 

7317.00.10.00. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

proceeding are certain brads and finish 

nails that are equal to or less than 

0.0720 inches in shank diameter, round 

or rectangular in cross section, between 

0.375 inches and 2.5 inches in length, 

and that are collated with adhesive or 

polyester film tape backed with a heat 

seal adhesive. Also excluded from the 

scope of this proceeding are fasteners 

having a case hardness greater than or 

equal to 50 HRC, a carbon content 

greater than or equal to 0.5 percent, a 

round head, a secondary reduceddiameter raised head section, a centered 

shank, and a smooth symmetrical point, 

suitable for use in gas-actuated hand 

tools. While the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of this proceeding is dispositive. 

Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Changed Circumstances Review, and 

Intent To Revoke Order in Part 

At the request of Petitioner, and in 

accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 

(d)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (‘‘Act’’), and 19 CFR 351.216, 

the Department is initiating a changed 

circumstances review of certain steel 

nails from the PRC to determine 

whether partial revocation of the 

antidumping duty order is warranted 

with respect to the following four types 

of steel nails: 

(1) Non-collated (i.e., hand-driven or bulk), 

two-piece steel nails having plastic or steel 

washers (caps) already assembled to the nail, 

having a bright or galvanized finish, a ring, 

fluted or spiral shank, an actual length of 

0.500′′ to 8′′, inclusive; and an actual shank 

diameter of 0.1015′′ to 0.166′′, inclusive; and 

an actual washer or cap diameter of 0.900′′ 

to 1.10′′, inclusive. 

(2) Non-collated (i.e., hand-driven or bulk), 

steel nails having a bright or galvanized 

finish, a smooth, barbed or ringed shank, an 

actual length of 0.500′′ to 4′′, inclusive; an 

actual shank diameter of 0.1015′′ to 0.166′′, 

inclusive; and an actual head diameter of 

0.3375′′ to 0.500′′, inclusive. 

(3) Wire collated steel nails, in coils, 

having a galvanized finish, a smooth, barbed 

or ringed shank, an actual length of 0.500′′ to 

1.75′′, inclusive; an actual shank diameter of 

0.116′′ to 0.166′′, inclusive; and an actual 

head diameter of 0.3375′′ to 0.500′′, inclusive. 

(4) Non-collated (i.e., hand-driven or bulk), 

steel nails having a convex head (commonly 

known as an umbrella head), a smooth or 

spiral shank, a galvanized finish, an actual 

length of 1.75′′ to 3′′, inclusive; an actual 

shank diameter of 0.131′′ to 0.152′′, inclusive; 

and an actual head diameter of 0.450′′ to 

0.813′′, inclusive. 

In addition to the physical 

descriptions of the steel nails subject to 

this exclusion request, Petitioner 

included in its request that the 

following language regarding labeling be 


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3See Petitioner’s Request for Changed 

Circumstances Review at 3, dated February 11, 

2001. 

4See Notice of the Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Review and Revocation of the 

Antidumping Order: Coumarin from the People’s 

Republic of China, 69 FR 24122 (May 3, 2004) 

(‘‘Coumarin from the PRC’’). 

5See Notice of Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Review and Revocation of the 

Antidumping Duty Order: Bulk Aspirin from the 

People’s Republic of China, 69 FR 77726 (December 

28, 2004) (‘‘Aspirin from the PRC’’). 

6Signed statements of support from Maze and 

Davis are included in Petitioner’s Request for 

Changed Circumstances Review dated February 11, 

2011, at Attachment 1. 

added to three of the nails for which 

Petitioner requested revocation: ‘‘and 

whose packaging and packaging 

marking for entries on or after the date 

of publication of the final results of the 

changed circumstances review are 

clearly and prominently labeled 

‘‘Roofing’’ or ‘‘Roof’’ nails.’’ 3 The 

Department considers the physical 

descriptions of the steel nails to be the 

defining factor when determining 

whether certain steel nails meet the 

proposed nail exclusions. Accordingly, 

we find that the additional labeling 

requirement proposed by Petitioner is 

unnecessary to define the nails subject 

to this exclusion and we are 

preliminarily not adopting Petitioner’s 

labeling requirement. 

While Petitioner requested that the 

Department make the effective date of 

this CCR retroactive to January 23, 2008 

(the date of the preliminary 

determination in the original 

investigation), the Department does not 

find this to be consistent with its recent 

practice. Instead, the Department 

preliminarily determines that the 

effective date for the partial revocation 

of this Order should be August 1, 2009, 

the earliest date for which entries of 

certain steel nails have not been subject 

to a completed administrative review. It 

is the Department’s practice to revoke 

(in whole or in part) an antidumping 

duty order so that the effective date of 

revocation covers entries that have not 

been subject to a completed 

administrative review. See, e.g., 

Coumarin from the PRC4 and Aspirin 

from the PRC.5 Therefore, the 

Department preliminarily determines 

that it shall partially revoke, effective 

August 1, 2009, the antidumping duty 

order with respect to the four specific 

steel nails from the PRC outlined in this 

notice, pursuant to sections 751(b) and 

(d) and 782(h) of the Act, as well as 19 

CFR 351.216 and 351.222(g). 

Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that the 

Department may revoke an order if it 

determines that producers accounting 

for substantially all of the production of 

the domestic like product have no 

further interest in the order, in whole or 

in part. 

In accordance with section 751(b) of 

the Act, and 19 CFR 351.216(b), we are 

initiating this changed circumstances 

review. Petitioner stated in its February 

11, 2011, request that itself, Maze Nails 

(a division of W.H. Maze Company) 

(‘‘Maze’’), and Davis Wire (a Heico Wire 

Group company) (‘‘Davis’’), the 

remaining three producers from the 

original group of Petitioners, account for 

substantially all domestic like product 

production. Petitioner further stated that 

Maze and Davis support the request for 

a changed circumstances review as filed 

by Petitioner on February 11, 2011.6 In 

accordance with section 751(b) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i), we find 

that Petitioner, along with the other 

domestic producers supporting the 

request, comprise substantially all of the 

production of the domestic like product. 

See Petitioner’s Request for Changed 

Circumstances Review dated February 

11, 2011. Petitioner has expressed a lack 

of interest in the order, in part, with 

respect to the four specific steel nails 

identified above. Moreover, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), the Department 

has determined that expedited action is 

warranted due to the expression of no 

interest by Petitioner and the supporting 

domestic producers in applying the 

antidumping duty order to the specific 

four nails identified in this request. 

Based on the expression of no interest 

by Petitioner and the supporting 

domestic producers, and absent any 

objection by any other interested 

parties, we have preliminarily 

determined that the domestic producers 

of the like product have no interest in 

the continued application of the 

antidumping duty order on certain steel 

nails with respect to the merchandise 

that is subject to this request. 

Accordingly, we are notifying the public 

of our preliminarily results to revoke, in 

part, the antidumping duty order as it 

relates to imports of the four specific 

types of steel nails identified above. 

Therefore, we intend to change the 

scope of the order on certain steel nails 

from the PRC to include the following 

exclusion: 

Excluded from the scope are steel roofing 

nails of all lengths and diameter, whether 

collated or in bulk, and whether or not 

galvanized. Steel roofing nails are 

specifically enumerated and identified in 

ASTM Standard F 1667 (2005 revision) as 

Type I, Style 20 nails. Also excluded from 

the scope are the following steel nails: (1) 

Non-collated (i.e., hand-driven or bulk), twopiece steel nails having plastic or steel 

washers (caps) already assembled to the nail, 

having a bright or galvanized finish, a ring, 

fluted or spiral shank, an actual length of 

0.500′′ to 8′′, inclusive; and an actual shank 

diameter of 0.1015′′ to 0.166′′, inclusive; and 

an actual washer or cap diameter of 0.900′′ 

to 1.10′′, inclusive; (2) Non-collated (i.e., 

hand-driven or bulk), steel nails having a 

bright or galvanized finish, a smooth, barbed 

or ringed shank, an actual length of 0.500′′ to 

4′′, inclusive; an actual shank diameter of 

0.1015′′ to 0.166′′, inclusive; and an actual 

head diameter of 0.3375′′ to 0.500′′, inclusive; 

(3) Wire collated steel nails, in coils, having 

a galvanized finish, a smooth, barbed or 

ringed shank, an actual length of 0.500′′ to 

1.75′′, inclusive; an actual shank diameter of 

0.116′′ to 0.166′′, inclusive; and an actual 

head diameter of 0.3375′′ to 0.500′′, inclusive; 

and (4) Non-collated (i.e., hand-driven or 

bulk), steel nails having a convex head 

(commonly known as an umbrella head), a 

smooth or spiral shank, a galvanized finish, 

an actual length of 1.75′′ to 3′′, inclusive; an 

actual shank diameter of 0.131′′ to 0.152′′, 

inclusive; and an actual head diameter of 

0.450′′ to 0.813′′, inclusive. 

Public Comment 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

Written comments may be submitted no 

later than 14 days after the date of 

publication of these preliminary results. 

Rebuttals to written comments, limited 

to issues raised in such comments, may 

be filed no later than 21 days after the 

date of publication of these preliminary 

results. The Department will issue the 

final results of this changed 

circumstances review, which will 

include its analysis of any written 

comments, no later than 270 days after 

the date on which this review was 

initiated, or within 45 days if all parties 

agree to our preliminary results. See 19 

CFR 351.216(e). 

If final partial revocation occurs, we 

will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to liquidate, without 

regard to applicable antidumping 

duties, all unliquidated entries of nails 

that meet the above-noted 

specifications, and to refund any 

estimated antidumping duties collected 

on such merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after August 1, 2009, 

the day after the most recent period for 

which an administrative review was 

completed. See 19 CFR 351.222(g)(4). 

The Department will further instruct 

CBP to refund with interest any 

estimated duties collected with respect 

to unliquidated entries of nails from the 

PRC entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

August 1, 2009, in accordance with 

section 778 of the Act. 

This initiation and preliminary results 

of review and notice are in accordance 

with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the 


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1See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From 

France, et al.: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews, Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order 

in Part, 75 FR 53661 (September 1, 2010) (AFBs 20). 

2See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From 

France, et al.: Partial Rescission of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 69402 

(November 12, 2010), and Ball Bearings and Parts 

Thereof From France: Partial Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 

327 (January 4, 2011) (collectively Rescission). 

Act and 19 CFR 351.216, 351.221, and 

351.222. 

Dated: April 14, 2011. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9717 Filed 4–20–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–427–801, A–428–801, A–475–801, A–588– 

804, A–412–801] 

Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From 

France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the 

United Kingdom: Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Administrative and 

Changed-Circumstances Reviews 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to requests from 

interested parties, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) is 

conducting administrative reviews of 

the antidumping duty orders on ball 

bearings and parts thereof from France, 

Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 

Kingdom for the period May 1, 2009, 

through April 30, 2010. We have 

preliminarily determined that sales have 

been made below normal value by 

certain companies subject to these 

reviews. We have also preliminarily 

determined that Schaeffler Technologies 

GmbH & Co. KG is the successor-ininterest to Schaeffler KG with respect to 

the order on ball bearings and parts 

thereof from Germany. 

We invite interested parties to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

Parties who submit comments in these 

reviews are requested to submit with 

each argument (1) a statement of the 

issue and (2) a brief summary of the 

argument. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 21, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 5, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–0410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 15, 1989, the Department 

published the antidumping duty orders 

on ball bearings and parts thereof from 

France (54 FR 20902), Germany (54 FR 

20900), Italy (54 FR 20903), Japan (54 

FR 20904), and the United Kingdom (54 

FR 20910) in the Federal Register. On 

June 30, 2010, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.221(b), we published a notice 

of initiation of administrative reviews of 

133 companies subject to these orders. 

See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Requests for Revocation in 

Part, 75 FR 37759 (June 30, 2010) 

(Initiation Notice). 

Subsequent to the initiation of these 

reviews we published in the Federal 

Register the final results of the 2008– 

2009 administrative reviews of the 

orders, in which we revoked the 

antidumping duty order on ball bearings 

and parts thereof from the United 

Kingdom, in part, with respect to 

merchandise exported or sold by The 

Barden Corporation (U.K.) Limited and 

Schaeffler (U.K.) Limited (The 

Schaeffler Group) effective May 1, 

2009.1 As a result we rescinded the 

2009–2010 administrative review of the 

order on merchandise from the United 

Kingdom.2 We have also rescinded the 

administrative reviews with respect to 

34 other companies based on the 

withdrawals of the applicable requests 

for reviews. See Rescission. 

On January 14, 2011, we issued a 

notice of extension of the deadline for 

completion of the preliminary results of 

reviews from January 31, 2011, to March 

17, 2011. See Ball Bearings and Parts 

Thereof From France, et al.: Extension 

of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Reviews, 76 FR 2647 (January 14, 2011). 

On March 22, 2011, we issued a second 

notice of extension of the deadline for 

completion of the preliminary results of 

reviews from March 17, 2011, to April 

18, 2011. See Ball Bearings and Parts 

Thereof From France, et al.: Extension 

of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative and 

Changed-Circumstances Reviews, 76 FR 

15940 (March 22, 2011). 

The period of review is May 1, 2009, 

through April 30, 2010. The Department 

is conducting these administrative 

reviews in accordance with section 751 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). 

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by the orders 

are ball bearings and parts thereof. 

These products include all antifriction 

bearings that employ balls as the rolling 

element. Imports of these products are 

classified under the following 

categories: Antifriction balls, ball 

bearings with integral shafts, ball 

bearings (including radial ball bearings) 

and parts thereof, and housed or 

mounted ball bearing units and parts 

thereof. 

Imports of these products are 

classified under the following 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 

3926.90.45, 4016.93.10, 4016.93.50, 

6909.19.50.10, 8414.90.41.75, 

8431.20.00, 8431.39.00.10, 8482.10.10, 

8482.10.50, 8482.80.00, 8482.91.00, 

8482.99.05, 8482.99.35, 8482.99.25.80, 

8482.99.65.95, 8483.20.40, 8483.20.80, 

8483.30.40, 8483.30.80, 8483.50.90, 

8483.90.20, 8483.90.30, 8483.90.70, 

8708.50.50, 8708.60.50, 8708.60.80, 

8708.93.30, 8708.93.60.00, 8708.99.06, 

8708.99.31.00, 8708.99.40.00, 

8708.99.49.60, 8708.99.58, 

8708.99.80.15, 8708.99.80.80, 

8803.10.00, 8803.20.00, 8803.30.00, 

8803.90.30, 8803.90.90, 8708.30.50.90, 

8708.40.75.70, 8708.40.75.80, 

8708.50.79.00, 8708.50.89.00, 

8708.50.91.50, 8708.50.99.00, 

8708.70.60.60, 8708.80.65.90, 

8708.93.75.00, 8708.94.75, 

8708.95.20.00, 8708.99.55.00, 

8708.99.68, and 8708.99.81.80. 

Although the HTSUS item numbers 

above are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes, the written 

descriptions of the scope of the orders 

remain dispositive. 

The size or precision grade of a 

bearing does not influence whether the 

bearing is covered by one of the orders. 

The orders cover all the subject bearings 

and parts thereof (inner race, outer race, 

cage, rollers, balls, seals, shields, etc.) 

outlined above with certain limitations. 

With regard to finished parts, all such 

parts are included in the scope of the 

orders. For unfinished parts, such parts 

are included if they have been heattreated or if heat treatment is not 

required to be performed on the part. 

Thus, the only unfinished parts that are 

not covered by the orders are those that 

will be subject to heat treatment after 

importation. The ultimate application of 

a bearing also does not influence 

whether the bearing is covered by the 

orders. Bearings designed for highly 

specialized applications are not 

excluded. Any of the subject bearings, 

regardless of whether they may 

ultimately be utilized in aircraft, 


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